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Bill Edsell on the Beauty and Usefulness of Palapas in Baja California

La Ventana Resort palapa ceiling and roof – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingFrom an interview by Jet Metier with Bill Edsell, of Ventana Bay Resort in July, 2016.
 
Jet: We're speaking with Bill Edsell, owner of Ventana Bay Resort, in a large, palapa-covered room the resort uses as a restaurant.  It is very comfortable; you don’t notice how hot it is outside. One side of the room is open to the Sea of Cortez and on the other side, a sliding glass door in the back is only half open. You can’t tell its 95 degrees with moderate...

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Chetumal to Cordoba, Mexico: More Ease and a New Cooking Style, But Watch Out for the Kids!

Dog looks at fish in a tank at aquaculture restaurant in Veracruz, Mexico – Best Places In The World To Retire – International LivingHere was our situation:
  • It was the middle of the Christmas High Season, when house rental prices are the highest and house rental vacancies are the lowest. (The euphemistic term for this is “Landlord’s Market.”)
  • My wife, Jet, our two dogs and I we were in Chetumal, about as far south as you can go and still be in Mexico.

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Making new friends in Mexico is EASY!

Making new friends in Mexico is EASY!

 

It seems that everything I do gives me opportunities for new friendships. Even on my first trip to Mexico, as a high school student, I made friends. I would ask questions and the conversations would start. At that time, my Spanish was almost non-existent but it did not matter. Mexico has a tradition of hospitality and the majority of the people that you meet will welcome you. It is even better if you try a few words in Spanish....

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